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jpenn

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    http://www.impaledlongboards.com

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  • Location
    New Hartford CT
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    SkiSundown
  • Occupation?
    In my other life, I'm a school psychologist
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    Rossi Throttle 159
    Medium hooves
  • Current Boots Used?
    raichle 225's
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    regular 55f 50b

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  1. I'll take them - how do you want to handle the transaction?
  2. Interested in bindings - missing screw is mounting screw? What shape are the ratchets in? Thanks!
  3. Mark: sent address to your email - thanks again!
  4. Hey Mark - $ sent via paypal - Let me know if it didn't come out right. Thanks again. John P
  5. Sounds good - can you give me a call to work out details? 860 201 3980. After 3 is best to talk - especially on Wednesdays. Thanks!
  6. Thanks again, I'll wait to hear from you. JP
  7. Thanks! I wasn't planning on Berkshire East this weekend, butI'm sure we can figure something out. The bail distance on my Raichle's is about 11 1/2", (from toe to heel where the bails fit in) but i have no idea how you would measure that on the binding. What size boot did you use in them? JP
  8. Hey Scrapster: Very interested as I just busted the bail on my old Rossi's. Will they fit a mondo 29 boot? Thanks - you may have saved my season! John P NW CT
  9. I'm not sure if anyone posted a comment on this, (i didn't want to look through all 11 pages of comments on this thread) but I saw a beautiful 360 carve on during the olympic coverage made by none other than ...the AFLAC duck! Who knew this bird had so much talent? It definitely lightened things up from watching Jacobelis not finishing the final round.
  10. Hey Sooperburd - thanks for summing it up - I like your perspective, and now I am dying to try bumps on a smaller board (right now I use a Nidecker Legend 164 - a bit long but flexy and able to cut tight turns). JP
  11. I gotta agree with you RDY, I'm sure you've all seen this vid: These guys are awesome, but i think only one of them are in hardshells.
  12. oh yeah, maybe I should change that pic if I want to say something serious:lol:
  13. I know I want to say something really profound here... I just can't come up with anything tho. At first, I thought the original comment was funny and intended as that, but for some reason, it really pushed a few buttons out there. Maybe these soft booters who everyone seems to dislike are just at the age where image is everything and looking cool with pants around your ankles is where it's at. But they are a product of where companys like burton and billabong and hurley etc have taken the sport. Image is everything for them, but we have achieved enlightenment - we are into the sport for the sheer pleasure. Their day will come, hopefully, when they realize there is more to life than image, more to riding than what you wear or how you try to impress everyone. Ah, so much for profound thoughts, my apologies for rambling...
  14. Hockey2, we have a situation here. You may be developing a serious addiction - there is no 10 step program or patch to help ease the pain of withdrawal that summertime brings. You may find yourself watching snowboard vids in a curtained room in the middle of July while the wife and kids are off at the beach, or endlessly playing some snowboarding video game for an artificial high. The saddest part is drooling over skiing mags that come out in August that are specifically for two plankers but are read by us with a serious addiction because we see the snow, the mountains and we can picture ourselves carving the lines...
  15. Bumps are where it's at. There is nothing like hitting Stowe or Sugarbush late in the season, when the groomers are running over 2% of the terrain and everything - especially the steeps like Star, Goat, Steins, or Ripcord are full of bumps the size of volkswagons and the snow is soft and forgiving. Moguls are like a giant terrain park with a thousand features and every time you ride through it, there's a new line to try. Personally, I put away the hardboots for this just because I feel more comfortable with my softies. Balance is key - a snowboarder's center of gravity should be just like a good mogul skier's - very little movement, which can be tricky if you find yourself setting hard turns. Right now, CT has had very little snow. Our local mountain has a mogul run but the bumps are very hard and icy in between. Natural snow helps a lot, warm weather does, too. You guys near areas with large snowfalls are sooo lucky. Soft bumps all the time!
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